The National Food Authority (NFA) Council yesterday approved the importation of 250,000 metric tons of rice to replenish the NFA buffer stock that is used in part to help stabilize rice prices, Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr said.

Manila, Philippines The Senate agriculture and food committee resumes tomorrow its public hearing on rice-related issues such as rampant rice smuggling, use of dummies in the importation of rice and hoarding to create an upward movement in the price of rice.

The complaint, filed with the US International Trade Commission (ITC), accuses Apple of infringing one or more claims of VirnetX's US Patent number 8,051,181 through the importation, sale for importation and sale after importation of certain devices with secure communication capabilities.

In comments submitted to USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), Silver Spring, MD, requested the Congressional focus of recent amendments to the Lacey Act be maintained on timber species by exempting plants used in or as foods, drugs and cosmetics from importation declaration requirements established by the new amendments.

importation will be handled by Arnie Johnson, former CEO of Lotus Cars USA, who is more than a little familiar with the importation and foibles of small mid-engined sports cars built by specialty manufacturers.

Thousand Oaks, CA, announced it has filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) in Washington, DC requesting that the ITC institute an investigation of Roche Holding AG's, Zurich, Switzerland, importation of pegylated recombinant human erythropoietin (peg-EPO) into the US.

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